a hop, skip, and a jump



a hop, skip, and a jump

Fig. a short distance. Bill lives just a hop, skip, and a jump from here. We can be there in two minutes. My car is parked just a hop, skip, and a jump away.
See also: and, jump

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
Sinclairsin-KLEREnglish (Rare)
SelahattİN-Turkish
Celinoche-LEE-no (Italian), the-LEE-no (Spanish), se-LEE-no (Latin American Spanish)Italian (Rare), Spanish (Rare)
Pallavi-Indian, Hindi, Marathi, Kannada, Telugu, Tamil
LinoLEE-no (Italian, Spanish), LEE-naw (Galician)Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, Galician
Viveka-Swedish